The Room

In "Storey" the author tells of a man who tried, unsuccessfully, to assassinate his brother, the king.

Now the brother was so grossly overweight that he couldn't pass through a normal sized doorway so as punishment the king had him placed in a tower room with a view of the sea, with three rich perfectly prepared meals served each day and an unguarded normal sized doorway leading to freedom. (Presumably the room was built around the prisoner or the doorway made smaller after his arrival.)

All the man had to do was lose enough weight to fit through the door and he would be free.

He died in the room.

How often are we like that - we cry out to God to remove us from a situation when all along all we really need to do is walk away from something or stop doing something and we would be free.